Or arm th' obdured breast
With stubborn patience as with triple steel.

Or arm th' obdured breast
With stubborn patience as with triple steel.

The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.

For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.

For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

He that can have Patience, can have what he will